All articles by ALLISON MORRIS

THE conviction of a senior republican for one of the most high-profile double killings of the Troubles was secured with the help of news footage obtained by the girlfriend of a French police officer, a new book has claimed.

WHEN former RUC detective Colin Breen set about interviewing retired officers about their experiences working during the Troubles, he felt it important to include stories about 'ordinary' crimes that at the time went mainly unreported.

THE Bull & Ram has already made quite the name for itself since its birth in the market town of Ballynahinch, helped along by a Jay Rayner review in the Guardian newspaper – so good, people actually caught a plane to eat the 55-day-aged sirloins that would make even the most evangelical vegetarian question their life choices.